Reggie Jackson struck out more than any batter since 1961 sharing the wealth with three different organizations in four locations.
Here is another fun collection. These are the batters with the most strikeouts since 1961 for each team. It is not a list of the overall strikeout leaders since 1961, but the batters who whiffed the most times for each team. Just remember, you have to be a pretty good hitter just to get the opportunity to strikeout this many times, there are 15 Hall of Famers on this list (25%).
Here are some highlights:
- Reggie Jackson 2597, Jim Thome 2095 led the the American League from 1961.
- Willie Stargell 1936, Andres Gallaraga 1932 led the the American League from 1961.
- Paul Konerko will overtake Frank Thomas to take the White Sox lead in 2012
- David Wright will overtake Darryl Strawberry to take the Mets lead in 2012
- Chipper Jones has 1358 whiffs, third on the Braves list
- Ryan Howard has 1207 whiffs, third on the Phils list
- Brandon Inge is the Tigers leader and he will continue to grow his total
- Derek Jeter is the Yankees leader and he will continue to grow his total
- Michael Young is the Rangers leader and he will continue to grow his total
Here’s the list (the number in parens indicates the number of players on each team with over 1000 whiffs):
- Pittsburgh Pirates (1) – Willie Stargell* 1936, Roberto Clemente* 903
- Philadelphia Phillies (6) – Mike Schmidt* 1883, Pat Burrell 1273
- Chicago Cubs (3) – Sammy Sosa 1815, Ryne Sandburg* 1259
- Houston Astros/Colt .45s (4) – Craig Biggio 1753, Jeff Bagwell 1558
- New York Yankees (3) – Derek Jeter 1653, Jorge Posada 1453
- Boston Red Sox (4) – Dwight Evans 1643, Jim Rice* 1423
- Atlanta/Milwaukee Braves (3) – Dale Murphy 1581, Andruw Jones 1394
- St. Louis Cardinals (3) – Lou Brock* 1469, Ray Lankford 1449
- Cleveland Indians (1) – Jim Thome 1400, Travis Hafner 835
- Seattle Mariners (3) – Jay Buhner 1375, Edgar Martinez 1202
- LosAngeles Angels (2) – Tim Salmon 1360, Garret Anderson 1117
- Milwaukee Brewers (3) – Robin Yount* 1350, Geoff Jenkins 1118
- Minnesota Twins/Washington Senators (1) – Harmon Killebrew* 1314, Kirby Puckett* 965
- Cincinnati Reds (4) – Tony Perez* 1306, Johnny Bench* 1278
- Baltimore Orioles (3) – Cal Ripken* 1305, Brady Anderson 1132
- San Francisco Giants (2) – Willie McCovey* 1263, Bobby Bonds 1016
- Toronto Blue Jays (2) – Carlos Delgado 1242, Lloyd Moseby 1015
- Oakland/KC A’s (3) – Reggie Jackson* 1226, Jose Canseco 1096
- Detroit Tigers (3) – Brandon Inge 1183, Lou Whitaker 1099
- Chicago White Sox (2) – Frank Thomas 1165, Paul Konerko 1141
- Los Angeles Dodgers (1) – Eric Karros 1105, Ron Cey 838
- Colorado Rockies (1) – Todd Helton 1044, Brad Hawpe 711
- Kansas City Royals (1) – Frank White 1035, Willie Wilson 990
- Texas Rangers/Washington Senators (2) – Michael Young 1082, Juan Gonzalez 1076
- Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos (1) – Tim Wallach 1009, Andre Dawson* 896
- New York Mets (0) – Darryl Strawberry 960, David Wright 897
- Tampa Bay Rays (0)- B.J. Upton 851, Carl Crawford 761
- San Diego Padres (0) – Nate Colbert 773, Gary Templeton 684
- Arizona Diamondbacks (0) – Mark Reynolds 767, Chris Young 735
- Florida Marlins (0) – Dan Uggla 760, Derek Lee 734
*- Member of the Hall of Fame
